Steam Machine Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Newton Aycliffe,
Durham,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Founded in 2015, we are a close-knit family business that selfishly focuses on brewing the styles of beer that we wish to drink. Fortunately for everyone else, our tastes are extremely diverse…
In 2024 the Fellowship Of Beer brewery was founded, using separate kit, and focussing on rare, unusual styles as well as barrel aged beers generally in a small batch production.
See separate brewery ... https://brewver.com/breweries/63999/The-Fellowship-Of-Beer
We’d hate to be described as a one-trick pony, or for someone to say our beers all taste the same with subtle nuance, and to this end we are constantly experimenting with bold new flavours, natural ingredients, diverse techniques, with nods to cutting edge research and seemingly lost historic recipes.
From lagers to wild sours, and Imperial Stouts to highly-hopped IPAs, spontaneous and salted fruited beers to barrel aged Old Ales, and everything in between; our extremely busy industrial tap room is sure to cater for taste buds of all perversions, and you can be sure of a warm Northern welcome too.
Yearly since inception we have grown in size, output, and fanbase. 2019 was no exception, with a massive relocation to a new 2.4HL brewery, bigger tap room, street food, and flexible function areas in the heart of Newton Aycliffe’s industrial estate, with more space for us to make a mess whilst brewing…
In 2024 the Fellowship Of Beer brewery was founded, using separate kit, and focussing on rare, unusual styles as well as barrel aged beers generally in a small batch production.
See separate brewery ... https://brewver.com/breweries/63999/The-Fellowship-Of-Beer
We’d hate to be described as a one-trick pony, or for someone to say our beers all taste the same with subtle nuance, and to this end we are constantly experimenting with bold new flavours, natural ingredients, diverse techniques, with nods to cutting edge research and seemingly lost historic recipes.
From lagers to wild sours, and Imperial Stouts to highly-hopped IPAs, spontaneous and salted fruited beers to barrel aged Old Ales, and everything in between; our extremely busy industrial tap room is sure to cater for taste buds of all perversions, and you can be sure of a warm Northern welcome too.
Yearly since inception we have grown in size, output, and fanbase. 2019 was no exception, with a massive relocation to a new 2.4HL brewery, bigger tap room, street food, and flexible function areas in the heart of Newton Aycliffe’s industrial estate, with more space for us to make a mess whilst brewing…
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Panda from danlo, thanks Ed. Pours near clear pale gold with white foam. Aroma: rhubarb, mild citrus, funk, herbal. Taste: lightly dry, grains, light tart rhubarb, citrus peel. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2025
at 19:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Panda from danlo, thanks Ed. Pours near clear blonde with a few opaque bubbles. Aroma: straw, herbal, mild stewed veg. Taste: light sweet & bitter, very mild tartness, grains, light fruit esters, herbal. Medium body with low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 20:36
8/10
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, maple, touch of funk and green apple, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, vanilla, chocolate, sweet maple. 4
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2025
at 19:34
8/10
Bottle at home. Pours deep reddish brown, nose is caramel, toffee, floral, berries, vanilla, bit of chocolate, taste is sweet, berries, toffee, vanilla, lightly roasted. Solid. 8/8/9/8/8
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 18:06
8/10
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, berry jam, toffee, vanilla, honey, taste is sweet berries, honey, chocolate, toffee, quite thin. 8/8/8/8/7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2025
at 18:33
7/10
Bottle at home. Pours clear ruby, nose is smoked meat, cherry, roasted, nutty, taste is sweet toffee, roasted, nutty, smoky, flat and thin, something harsh in the finish. 8/8/7/6/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2025
at 16:05
7/10
Bottle at home. Pours clear ruby, nose is peat smoke, caramel, berries, toffee, taste is sour berries up front, caramel, smoky, peaty finish, quite thin. 8/8/8/7/7
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 16:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Ed Danlo. A almost clear gold straw coloured pour with fading loose white head. Aroma is nice white grape, vanilla, funky oak, buttery vinous notes. Flavour is composed of semi crisp, white grape, vanilla, vinous funk, some tannin, light tangy grape, Lingering vanill and oak. Quite interesting. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate fine carbonation.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2025
at 22:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Panda thanks to Ed Danlo. A hazed brushed gold coloured pour with a fading off white head. Aroma is farmyard, medicinal notes, earthy semi sweet grains, . Flavour is tangy lemon, sour, earthy wheaty grains, dirty grains, light sour, . Palate is tangy, agricultural, mellow carbonation. Not great.
Tried
on 07 Mar 2025
at 21:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Panda at home many thanks to Ed Danlo. A light hazed golden straw coloured pour with a decent white head. Aroma is nice funky tart rhubarb, straw, light phenol, white rhubarb, Flavour is composed crisp earthy grains, straw, light tart rhubarb, damp straw, farmyard notes, phenols. Palate is light tart, grainy, fine carbonation. Quite interesting.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2025
at 22:06